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Gary Wyngarden
On my return from Canada's Gulf Islands last week, I noted that the course I was on was not taking me toward the island it should have. After verifying the course I'd plotted on my chart, I got out my GPS and found that the course I was on per my binnacle compass was different from my GPS by twenty-three degrees! Yow. There was no mention on the chart of any magnetic anomalies in the area. I can only conclude my compass is seriously screwed up, at least on that bearing.I read in The Annapolis Book of Sailing, the procedures for verifying and correcting this problem, but I must admit to being a little intimidated. Has any one tried to correct their own compass deviations? How did it work out? Thanks for your help.